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Deals with Heels

Deals with Heels

著者： Debra Bowers
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 Deals with Heels is a leadership and business podcast for entrepreneurs, executives, and sales leaders who want clarity, confidence, and sustainable growth. Hosted by Debra Bowers, the show explores leadership decision-making, sales psychology, communication, and the human side of business through real conversations and practical insight. Each episode helps listeners lead better, sell with integrity, and build a business that works for real life.Debra Bowers マネジメント マネジメント・リーダーシップ 経済学
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  • The Hidden Credentials That Make You a Leader with Dr. Mickey Fitch-Collins

    The Hidden Credentials That Make You a Leader with Dr. Mickey Fitch-Collins
    2026/10/27

    SUMMARY

    What if some of your most valuable leadership credentials never appeared on your résumé?

    We tend to measure leadership experience through job titles, degrees, promotions, and positions of authority. But many of the capabilities that make us effective leaders develop long before we receive formal recognition for them.

    In this episode of Deals with Heels, Debra Bowers welcomes Dr. Mickey Fitch-Collins, leadership facilitator, educator, speaker, and host of the Learn It Lounge podcast, for a fascinating conversation about hidden credentials, transferable skills, and recognizing the value of our accumulated experiences.

    At just 14 years old, Mickey was a professional bass fisherman, teaching rooms filled with adults who were often two or three times her age. What began as a childhood passion developed into public speaking, storytelling, marketing, teaching, and leadership skills that would influence her entire career.

    Mickey eventually earned a PhD in leadership in higher education and spent nearly two decades working in higher education administration, including executive leadership. But after reaching the C-suite, she discovered that professional success and personal fulfillment aren't necessarily the same thing.

    Her decision to leave higher education and pursue learning and development required her to recognize the transferable skills she'd been building throughout her life.

    Together, Debra and Mickey explore why we often overlook our own capabilities, how storytelling helps us communicate our experience, and why understanding what energizes us can be more valuable than simply pursuing the next title.

    Sometimes the credential you're missing isn't one you need to earn. It's one you haven't learned to recognize.

    KEY TOPICS

    - Hidden Credentials: Recognizing leadership capabilities beyond formal titles and degrees

    - Leadership Before the Title: What Mickey learned teaching adults as a teenage professional bass fisherman

    - The Power of Storytelling: How personal experiences make leadership and learning more relatable

    - Formal Education vs. Lived Experience: Why both contribute to effective leadership

    - The Accidental Leader: How an unexpected college experience launched Mickey's leadership career

    - Career Reinvention: Recognizing when professional success no longer aligns with personal fulfillment

    - Transferable Skills: Why your experience remains valuable when you change industries or careers

    - What Charges Your Battery? Identifying the activities that energize you before choosing your next opportunity

    - Self-Efficacy and Confidence: Learning to trust your ability to succeed in unfamiliar environments

    - Communicating Your Value: Connecting past experiences, accomplishments, and skills to future opportunities

    RESOURCES

    Connect with Dr. Mickey Fitch-Collins

    Website:
    https://www.learnit.com/mickey

    Explore Mickey's complimentary 45-day learning opportunity for teams of up to 20 people through the link above.

    Learnit Lounge Podcast YouTube

    https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrMqGTAZDNMCXzHnoq7-QB0jEBQ4wkFkS&si=4egh2aXLGwoV1ZoQ

    LinkedIn

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/mickeyfitchcollins/


    Connect with Debra

    LinkedIn:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-bowers/

    The Growth Vanguard:
    https://thegrowthvanguard.com/

    5 Signs Your Growth Is Breaking:
    https://5signs.thegrowthvanguard.com/

    Human Sales Playbook:
    https://thegrowthvanguard.com/free-ebook

    Hexagon Media:
    https://hexagonmedia.net/


    Stay Connected with Deals with Heels

    🎧 Follow Deals with Heels on your favorite podcast platform.

    💬 Connect with Debra on LinkedIn and join the conversation.

    ⭐ Leave a rating or review to help more people discover the show.


    Until next time, stand strong in your power—especially when it gets uncomfortable.
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    45 分
  • When Being Unstoppable Starts Holding You Back with Victoria Pelletier

    When Being Unstoppable Starts Holding You Back with Victoria Pelletier
    2026/10/20
    SUMMARYWhat happens when the resilience that helped you survive, succeed, and build an extraordinary career starts getting in your way?Victoria Pelletier became a COO at 24, a president by 35, and a CEO at 41. She's a corporate executive, board director, bestselling author, and speaker whose TEDx talk on healthy resilience has reached nearly two million views.But behind those achievements is a much more personal story about adversity, independence, and learning that being strong doesn't always mean pushing through everything alone.In this episode of Deals with Heels, Debra Bowers and Victoria explore the difference between healthy and unhealthy resilience, why high-performing people often struggle to ask for help, and how the qualities that once protected us can eventually become limitations.Victoria shares how she went from being known as the "Iron Maiden" at work to recognizing that vulnerability, emotional openness, and authentic relationships could make her a more effective leader.The conversation also moves into organizational transformation, AI adoption, and the human challenges leaders often overlook. Debra shares a revealing example of employees who appeared to be successfully adopting new technology but were actually finding ways to continue working around it.Together, they explore why dashboards don't always tell the full story, why employees may hesitate to tell leaders what they really think, and why successful transformation requires more than a good strategy or new technology.It's a conversation about leadership, growth, self-awareness, and recognizing when the strengths that brought us this far need to evolve.KEY TOPICS / MAIN IDEAS- How childhood adversity can shape leadership strengths- The difference between healthy and unhealthy resilience- When being unstoppable becomes an expectation you place on yourself- Why high achievers struggle to ask for help- How vulnerability can strengthen leadership and trust- Moving beyond the emotional armor we develop to protect ourselves- Why AI and technology transformations fail without human adoption- What leaders misunderstand about employee resistance to change- Why successful performance doesn't always mean successful technology adoption- The danger of measuring the wrong things- Why employees don't always tell leaders what they really think- The difference between aspirational company values and organizational reality- Why marketing cannot permanently disguise a broken customer experience- How self-awareness and reflection help build healthier resilience- Recognizing when resilience has become unsustainable- Giving yourself permission to fail and growRESOURCESConnect with VictoriaExplore Victoria's executive coaching, consulting, speaking, books, and TEDx talk through her website.Website: https://victoria-pelletier.comYouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@victoriapelletierunstoppable?si=v8507TIxEyDYNvNFYouTube Speaker Reel: https://youtu.be/na8LwVeWsmE LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriapelletier/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PelletierV29 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victoria_pelletier_unstoppable/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Victoria.Pelletier.UnstoppableMedium: https://medium.com/@victoriapelletierConnect with DebraLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-bowers/The Growth Vanguard:https://thegrowthvanguard.com/5 Signs Your Growth Is Breaking:https://5signs.thegrowthvanguard.com/Human Sales Playbook:https://thegrowthvanguard.com/free-ebookHexagon Media:https://hexagonmedia.net/Stay Connected with Deals with Heels🎧 Follow Deals with Heels on your favorite podcast platform.💬 Connect with Debra on LinkedIn and join the conversation.⭐ Leave a rating or review to help more people discover the show.Until next time, stand strong in your power—especially when it gets uncomfortable.
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    42 分
  • What 3,000 Marriage Proposals Taught Ash Fox About Love, Trust & Getting It Right

    What 3,000 Marriage Proposals Taught Ash Fox About Love, Trust & Getting It Right
    2026/10/13

    SUMMARY

    What can more than 3,000 marriage proposals teach you about love, trust, and creating a moment someone will remember for the rest of their life?

    Ash Fox never planned to become a marriage proposal expert.

    She was a fine artist and photographer in New York City when a client asked her to photograph his proposal in Central Park. Then another request came. And another. Before long, Ash realized she wasn't simply documenting proposals—people needed help creating them.

    Fifteen years later, Ash Fox Proposals has helped more than 3,000 couples plan and capture one of the biggest moments of their lives.

    In this episode of Deals with Heels, Ash joins Debra Bowers to share what happens behind the scenes of a great proposal, the mistakes people make when they try too hard to create the perfect moment, and why knowing the person you're proposing to matters more than making the experience bigger or more elaborate.

    Ash also shares what she's learned from working primarily with men during an unusually vulnerable moment, why she now insists on working directly with the person proposing rather than letting well-meaning family members take over, and what happened when the proposal planner herself finally got engaged.

    It's a fun and revealing look inside a business most people don't even realize exists—and a reminder that the most memorable experiences aren't necessarily the biggest. They're the ones that feel like they were created for you.

    KEY TOPICS / MAIN IDEAS

    - How Ash Fox accidentally became a marriage proposal planner

    - How Instagram helped create demand for proposal photography

    - What Ash learned after more than 3,000 proposals

    - Why bigger and more elaborate doesn't always mean more meaningful

    - Why the best proposals reflect the person receiving them

    - What happens when family members become too involved in the planning

    - Why Ash works directly with the person proposing

    - What men reveal when they're preparing for a major commitment

    - Why most modern proposals aren't really about whether the answer will be yes

    - How ritual and romance create meaning even when couples have already discussed marriage

    - What happened when a professional proposal planner got proposed to

    - Why knowing your partner is the most important part of planning the moment

    - How Ash turned an unexpected opportunity into a highly specialized business

    RESOURCES

    Connect with Ash

    Website:
    https://ashfoxproposals.com/

    Instagram:
    https://www.instagram.com/ashfoxproposals/

    TikTok:
    https://www.tiktok.com/@ashfoxproposals

    Ash also hosts The Proposal Podcast and offers one-on-one proposal planning sessions for people who want help developing their proposal idea, whether or not Ash's team ultimately executes the event.

    Connect with Debra

    LinkedIn:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-bowers/

    The Growth Vanguard:
    https://thegrowthvanguard.com/

    5 Signs Your Growth Is Breaking:
    https://5signs.thegrowthvanguard.com/

    Human Sales Playbook:
    https://thegrowthvanguard.com/free-ebook

    Hexagon Media:
    https://hexagonmedia.net/


    Stay Connected with Deals with Heels

    🎧 Follow Deals with Heels on your favorite podcast platform.

    💬 Connect with Debra on LinkedIn and join the conversation.

    ⭐ Leave a rating or review to help more people discover the show.

    Until next time, stand strong in your power—especially when it gets uncomfortable.
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    42 分
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